Agitator



H HALSTEAD.

AGITATOR.

APPLICATION FILED Auc.19,1919.

1,387,709. Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

@Hou/wap UNITED STATES HOBART HALSTEAD, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

AGITATOR.

Application led August 19, 1919.

To f2.7 all ont t may con cef/"n Be it known that I, Honan'r HxLsTnAD, a citizen of the lfnited States,kresiding at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of N ew York, have invented a new and useful gitator, of which the following is a speci- 'cation The present invention relates to agitators, its principal object being' to provide a rotary il-ntor designed principally for use in the home for whipping' cream and other culinary operations and which includes a rotor to be operated by the usual water su pply.

further object of the invention is to provide an agitator for use in the kitchen which may be readily associated with the usual faucet to be rotated by the water power therefrom.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a mixer or agitator for home use which includes a water turbine or rotor associated with an rotary dasher, and a receptacle which is supported on the @sing ofthe rotor and which may be readily lifted or mounted thereon.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an agitator of this type which includes a removable receptacle for receiving the shaft carryingl the dasher, the dasher being so mounted as to retain the receptacle against undue vertical movement.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an agitator that embodies a rotor of novel construction.

Another general object of the invention is to provide an agitator having the above characteristics which is simple in construction, which consists of few parts, and which mav be manufactured and sold at minimum (limb.

vWith the above and other objects and advantages in mind the: invention consists of the combinations of elements, constructions, and arrangements of parts, operations and general assemblage, all of which will be hereinafter enlarged upon and set fort-h in the appended claims, the invention being illustrated in the attached drawing' wherein Figure 1. is an elevation of an agitator constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig'. 2. is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3. is a fragmentary vertical section view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Speeeation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921. serial No. 318,587.

Referring to the drawing wherein like characters of reference designate like parts in all the views the numeral 5 designates a raised base provided with a central openingr (i. Extending vertically from the base and having its lower edge secured thereto, above the opening G is a cylindrical casing T provided with a tangentially extending inlet pipe 8 adapted to be connected with one end I of a flexible tubing` (not shown), which is in communication with a source of water supply, such as the usual house supply.

rhe upper end of this casing is closed and is provided with a central opening 9 which receives the upper end of a rotatable shaft 10 which projects a relatively great distance above the end of the casing. The opposite end of this shaft is supported by a bearing plate or spider 11 which extends across the opening 6 in the base 5. 1^ hub l2 is fixed to the shaft l() and carried thereby is a plurality of concave-convexed radially disposed blades 13, these blades being disposed so as to receive the impact of the water flowing through the pipe 8 to rotate the shaft l0.

rFhere is provided a. receptacle 14 having a central opening' 15 in the bottom thereof and extending from this bottom is a vertical sleeve 15, which is disposed in alinement with the opening 15 and receives the upper end of the shaft 10, the bottom of the receptacle resting on the closed end of the caslng 7.

A horizontally disposed dasher 16 is removably mounted upon the upper end of the shaft 10 and held thereon by a set screw 17. A. plurality of alined U-shaped agitating` elements 18 depend from the dasher 16. A removable cover 19 is provided for the upper end or open top of the receptacle. It will be seen that the dasher retains the receptacle against vertical movement and when it is desired to remove the same to empty the :fontents thereof, the dasher is removed from the shaft 10 and the receptacle is then lifted from the shaft.

In the use ot the agitator, water is admitted to the casing 7 as heretofore mentioned, cznisingthe dasher to rotate in the receptacle 1l. It will be obvious that the water passes out by way of the opening 6 and that the device is supported on a drain board or other convenient support to carry the water olf.

This embodiment of the invention is illustrative only and it will be understood that Ved on the easing,

the same may be modied in many respects and that such limits of modilieation are only governed by what is claimed.

lVhat is claimed is: l. An agitator comprising a base, a easing supported on the base, a rotor disposed Within the easing, a receptacle removably mountand a dasher disposed Within vthe receptacle and fixed to rotate with the rotor, said dasher serving to limit the upward displacement of the receptacle, by Contact With the bottom thereof.

2. An agitator comprising a base, a easing mounted on the base, a rotor rotatable in the easing and including a shaft Which extends through the casing'and Supported on the base, a receptacle having an opening at thev bottom thereof receiving the shaft, a dasher removably mounted on the shaft and retaining the receptacle in position and a cover on the receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence oi' two witnesses.

HOBART HALSTEAD.

Witnesses:

A. W. SNELL,

J. N. FEN. 

